Africa
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A Stronger Africa requires stronger investment policies
By NJ Ayuk JOHANNESBURG, December 19, 2025 — Investor confidence in Algeria’s energy sector is climbing. The country — already one of Africa’s most active oil and gas producers — has seen…
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Uganda, Ethiopia drove Africa’s coffee exports in October – ICO report
KAMPALA, December 18, 2025 — Exports of all forms of coffee from Africa rose by 21.9 percent in October 2025 to 1.73 million bags, up from 1.42mln bags in October 2024, according…
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AfDB report projects US$ 1trn in additional GDP by 2035 with use of AI to enhance productivity
KAMPALA, December 15,2025 — The African Development Bank [AfDB] has released a report establishing a strategic roadmap for unlocking the economic and social potential of artificial intelligence [ AI ] across Africa.…
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Afreximbank says Africa must raise factoring volumes to at least €240bln to support SME-led transformation
KAMPALA, December 10, 2025 — Afreximbank has highlighted the critical importance of factoring and supply chain finance [SCF] in narrowing Africa’s Small and Medium Enterprises [SMEs] financing gap and building resilient value…
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Gates Foundation urges global leaders to target scarce resources where they save the most lives
KAMPALA, December 4, 2025 — The number of children dying before their 5th birthday is projected to rise for the first time this century, reversing decades of global progress, according to new data published…
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Loss of crop diversity threatens Africa’s food sovereignty – FAO
KAMPALA, December 1, 2025 — The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [FAO] has sounded the alarm over the rapid loss of Africa’s crop diversity. Yurdi Yasmi, Director of Plant…
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A Blueprint for Energy Access: Empowering Africa through Innovation and Investment
JOHANNESBUR, November 29, 2025 — A few generations ago in America, grandparents often reminded children how fortunate they were by recalling stories of walking miles to school or doing homework by candlelight.…
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Africa G20 Declaration: Let African Fossil Fuels Power Our Industrial Future
KAMPALA, November 25-2025 — As the G20 convenes in Johannesburg, the African Energy Chamber [AEC] calls for a fundamental reorientation of global energy policy – one that places African fossil fuels at…
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Africa’s Clean Cooking Drive Hinges on Carbon-Credit Reform, Transport Upgrades
KAMPALA, November 24, 2025 — Africa’s long-delayed transition to clean cooking will fail without a serious overhaul of how the continent finances, transports and regulates LPG, senior executives said during a high-level…
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Multilateral development of raw materials and commodities can spur industrialisation and African regional integration
KAMPALA, November 21, 2025— Africa’s raw materials are valuable commodities globally and, in many ways, what has been true since colonial times is still true today, Africa’s commodities are powering industrialisation everywhere across…
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